I had my baby at 39 + 4 (first time mom). My mucus plug had come out at around 10am...I had her at 11pm that same day but I had been having contractions since the night before. All night and then they would stop in the morning and come back periodically throughout the day (the day before). But the day of, I knew I was in active labor after my mucus plug came out and contractions were coming harder and longer.

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